The original idea was to compile a top-ten list. That turned out to be too difficult to accomplish. My influences are way too wide and varied to capture it in ten albums. So I went for top-twenty and well as you can see it eventually turned into my top-two hundred! Still an extremely difficult task and honestly depending on my mood I'm sure these rankings would differ frequently. I challenge you to give a good 'go' at it.
- 1. Back In Black -AC/DC
- 2. Obscured By Clouds -Pink Floyd
- 3. Skull N' Roses -Grateful Dead
- 4. Eat A Peach -Allman Brothers Band
- 5. Bat Out Of Hell -Meat Loaf
- 6. Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs -Derek & The Dominoes
- 7. Houses Of The Holy -Led Zeppelin
- 8. For Everyman -Jackson Browne
- 9. Dark Side Of The Moon -Pink Floyd
- 10. Waiting For Columbus -Little Feat
- 11. The Last Waltz -The Band
- 12. The Harder They Come Soundtrack -Jimmy Cliff
- 13. Abby Road -The Beatles
- 14. Workingman’s Dead -Grateful Dead
- 15. Live At Budakon -Bob Dylan
- 16. The Healing Game -Van Morrison
- 17. Highway 61 -Bob Dylan
- 18. Naturally -JJ Cale
- 19. Maggot Brain -Funkadelic
- 20. Exile On Main Street -The Rolling Stones
- 21. Blood On The Tracks -Bob Dylan
- 22. Blizzard Of Oz -Ozzy Osborne
- 23. Animals -Pink Floyd
- 24. Band Of Gypsys -Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 25. Babylon By Bus -Bob Marley & The Wailers
- 26. 461 Ocean Blvd. -Eric Clapton
- 27. So Long So Wrong -Alison Krauss & Union Station
- 28. Remain In Light -Talking Heads
- 29. Astral Weeks -Van Morrison
- 30. Live At The Fillmore East -Allman Brothers Band
- 31. Led Zeppelin IV -Led Zeppelin
- 32. Deja Vu -Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- 33. Troubadour -JJ Cale
- 34. ’74 Jailbreak -AC/DC
- 35. Cheap Thrills -Big Brother & The Holding Company
- 36. Shakedown Street -Grateful Dead
- 37. Point Of Entry -Judas Priest
- 38. Nature Of The Beast -April Wine
- 39. Moondance -Van Morrison
- 40. Highway To Hell -AC/DC
- 41. Pearl -Janis Joplin
- 42. Alive! -Kiss
- 43. Rumors -Fleetwood Mac
- 44. Really -JJ Cale
- 45. Foreigner 4 -Foreigner
- 46. Zebra -Zebra
- 47. Moving Pictures -Rush
- 48. I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll -Joan Jett
- 49. High ‘N’ Dry -Def Leppard
- 50. Electric Ladyland -Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 51. Changesonebowie -David Bowie
- 52. Led Zeppelin III -Led Zeppelin
- 53. Diary Of a Madman -Ozzy Osbourne
- 54. Surrealistic Pillow -Jefferson Airplane
- 55. American Beauty -Grateful Dead
- 56. Sticky Fingers -The Rolling Stones
- 57. Blind Faith -Blind Faith
- 58. 77 -Talking Heads
- 59. Live After Death -Iron Maiden
- 60. Old And In The Way -Old And In The Way
- 61. Imaginos -Blue Oyster Cult
- 62. Bark At The Moon -Ozzy Osbourne
- 63. Terrapin Station -Grateful Dead
- 64. Something/Anything? -Todd Rundgren
- 65. Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home -Taj Mahal
- 66. Court and Spark -Joni Mitchell
- 67. Stop Making Sense -Talking Heads
- 68. At Folsom Prison -Johnny Cash
- 69. Live At The Grand Opera House -Van Morrison
- 70. Road to Ruin -The Ramones
- 71. Ra -Utopia
- 72. The Wall -Pink Floyd
- 73. Are You Experienced? -Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 74. Aretha Live at Fillmore West -Aretha Franklin
- 75. Running On Empty -Jackson Browne
- 76. Axis: Bold As Love -Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 77. Tupelo Honey -Van Morrison
- 78. Speaking In Tongues -Talking Heads
- 79. Couldn’t Stand the Weather -Stevie Ray Vaughan
- 80. Blows Against The Empire -Jefferson Starship
- 81. Pyromania -Def Leppard
- 82. Greatest Hits -James Taylor
- 83. Black Sabbath Vol. 4 -Black Sabbath
- 84. Sports -Huey Lewis & The News
- 85. Saturate Before Using -Jackson Browne
- 86. The Best of Blondie -Blondie
- 87. G N’ R Lies -Guns N’ Roses
- 88. Tattoo You -The Rolling Stones
- 89. Full Moon Fever -Tom Petty
- 90. Shout At The Devil -Motley Crue
- 91. Alive II -Kiss
- 92. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band -The Beatles
- 93. Blues For Allah -Grateful Dead
- 94. Let It Be -The Beatles
- 95. The Slider -T. Rex
- 96. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ -Bruce Springsteen
- 97. Dreamboat Annie -Heart
- 98. Dynasty -Kiss
- 99. Tapestry -Carole King
- 100. Allied Forces -Triumph
- 101. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Soundtrack -The Ramones
- 102. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -Black Sabbath
- 103. Lost In Love -Air Supply
- 104. Who’s Next -The Who
- 105. Toys In The Attic -Aerosmith
- 106. Pay The Devil -Van Morrison
- 107. Appetite For Destruction -Guns N’ Roses
- 108. Subterranean Jungle -The Ramones
- 109. Tommy -The Who
- 110. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll -Rainbow
- 111. White Album -The Beatles
- 112. Born Again -Black Sabbath
- 113. Quadrophenia -The Who
- 114. Live at Watkins Glen -The Band
- 115. Very Best of Cream -Cream
- 116. Freeze Frame -J. Geils Band
- 117. Nebraska -Bruce Springsteen
- 118. Seven Turns -Allman Brothers Band
- 119. Late For The Sky -Jackson Browne
- 120. The Last In Line -Dio
- 121. Extraterrestrial Live -Blue Oyster Cult
- 122. Shades Of Two Worlds -Allman Brothers Band
- 123. Born To Run -Bruce Springsteen
- 124. Jerry Garcia Band (Live) -Jerry Garcia Band
- 125. Free-for-All -Ted Nugent
- 126. Gov’t Mule -Gov’t Mule
- 127. The Soft Parade -The Doors
- 128. Dire Straits -Dire Straits
- 129. Music From Big Pink -The Band
- 130. Made In Japan -Deep Purple
- 131. Electric Warrior -T. Rex
- 132. Meddle -Pink Floyd
- 133. Evangeline -Emmy Lou Harris
- 134. Wish You Were Here -Pink Floyd
- 135. We're Only In It For The Money -Frank Zappa
- 136. Machine Head -Deep Purple
- 137. Slide It In -Whitesnake
- 138. Led Zeppelin II -Led Zeppelin
- 139. Never Mind The Bullocks -The Sex Pistols
- 140. Fire Of Unknown Origin -Blue Oyster Cult
- 141. Powerage -AC/DC
- 142. Closing Time -Tom Waits
- 143. Flexible -Steve Vai
- 144. Back At The Chicken Shack -Jimmy Smith
- 145. Physical Graffiti -Led Zeppelin
- 146. As Recorded At Madison Square Garden -Elvis Presley
- 147. Blood Sugar Sex Magik -Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 148. Led Zeppelin -Led Zeppelin
- 149. Master Of Puppets -Metallica
- 150. Women And Children First -Van Halen
- 151. Live at Leeds -The Who
- 152. Love -The Cult
- 153. The Pretender -Jackson Browne
- 154. Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine -The Doors
- 155. Tres Hombres -ZZ Top
- 156. Ummagumma -Pink Floyd
- 157. True Democracy -Steel Pulse
- 158. Slowhand -Eric Clapton
- 159. Let There Be Rock -AC/DC
- 160. The Mob Rules -Black Sabbath
- 161. Blow By Blow -Jeff Beck
- 162. The Song Remains The Same -Led Zeppelin
- 163. Electric -The Cult
- 164. Too Fast For Love -Motley Crue
- 165. Van Halen -Van Halen
- 166. Eliminator -ZZ Top
- 167. Discipline -King Crimson
- 168. Combat Rock -The Clash
- 169. Europe '72 -Grateful Dead
- 169. Love At First Sting -The Scorpions
- 170. Metal Health -Quiet Riot
- 171. Graceland -Paul Simon
- 172. Trick or Treat Soundtrack -Fastway
- 173. Ride The Lightning -Metallica
- 174. Holy Diver -Dio
- 175. Unleashed In The East -Judas Priest
- 176. Live From Austin -Delbert McClinton
- 177. Van Halen II -Van Halen
- 178. Greatest Hits -Jim Croce
- 179. Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) -AC/DC
- 180. Prime Prine -John Prine
- 181. Beggar's Banquet -The Rolling Stones
- 182. Atom Heart Mother -Pink Floyd
- 183. Mothership Connection -Parliament Funkadelic
- 184. Sailin' Shoes -Little Feat
- 185. From The Mars Hotel -Grateful Dead
- 186. Nearly Human -Todd Rundgren
- 187. Peace Of Mind -Iron Maiden
- 188. The Best Of -Hall & Oates
- 189. Frampton Comes Alive -Peter Frampton
- 190. Its' Naz -Nazareth
- 191. Mad Dogs And Englishmen -Joe Cocker
- 192. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley -Robert Palmer
- 193. Imagine -John Lennon
- 194. Bad Attitude -Meat Loaf
- 195. Dancin' on The Edge -Lita Ford
- 196. In The Dark -Grateful Dead
- 197. Repo Man Soundtrack -Various Artists
- 198. 3.V -Zebra
- 199. Lark's Tongues In Aspic -King Crimson
- 200. Morrison Hotel -The Doors